Image of a Snowflake

This was a small fun task we were set one day, as one of our tutors, Marie, is currently doing another 365 project but this time, with Snowflakes. She will make a snowflake everyday of the year, place it somewhere different everyday and take a photograph. For this task we were shown how to make a snowflake, we then made a snowflake and photographed it in a location of our choice. When we were doing this task we were asked to think about how we photographed it, if we used a camera or our phones and how we edited the image - whether we used software on our phones or whether we used Photoshop. We also put thought into where we place the snowflake and to try and put it in an unusual place where you usually wouldn't expect to see a snowflake. 


I took images both on a camera and on my phone, this way I knew I'd be able to experiment more with how I took the picture, the quality of the picture and the editing process in general. 

This was one of the first images I took. I like the contrast of the white of the snowflake and the grey of the tarmac on the floor. I think this reflects how it is when it actually snows too as everyone comments on how the white of fresh snow looks against everything else and makes everything else seem dirty.

When I got the idea to put snowflakes in places where you wouldn't usually find them, I took these two images. They have quite a warm feel to them which I feel adds to them because of how it contrasts with the snow again.

The two images below were edits that I did in Photoshop. By upping the contrast and changing the levels/curves to make the images even warmer and the colours are now how I want them. 

Fantasy Landscape Task (Image Manipulation)

For this task we will produce an image of a 'fantasy landscape' made up of all of our own images after it's been manipulated in Photoshop. We're going to go out and take photos that will make up our final image.  We can manipulate the photo as much or as little as we like, as well as research artists/photographers that have done similar work in this style.

Research - John Goto


John Goto's an English photographer from Stockport and is best known for his photo manipulation. Goto started working with his images and computers in the 90's and has continued since. He's known for working in colour. He's now a Professor of Fine Art at Derby University.




We're able to manipulate an image as little or as much as we like. As you can see by these two of Goto's images he likes to manipulate the image a lot. In this image he incorporated aspects from different countries so you're not sure what the original image consisted of. For example in the background he included the Millennium Dome from London as well as other landmarks from the capital city. The family in the foreground create a strong contrast, in bright clothing on a gondola, something associated with other European countries, especially Italy.

Still Life Food - Research/Task

For this task we have to take a photo of food. Then we'll compare the image with another photographers still life image(s) of food. 
Before I go and take my photo we'll research an artist in that area and afterwards we'll compare and contrast the images to see how they differ and what's similar about them.


Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a British Photographer that is known for his photojournalism, documentary photography and work with and collecting off photo books. He's done a lot of still life photos of food so he's work would be good to use as a comparison to our own and good to research.